Plow.



Patented Apr. 30, l90l. E. B. WINTERS.

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(Application filed Aug. 7. 1900.

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(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD BLOUNT WINTERS, OF COFFEYVILLE, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOWILLIAM P. BROWN, OF SAME PLACE.

PLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 673,230, dated April30, 1901.

Application filed August 7, 1900. Serial No. 26,142. (No model.)

T at whom/ it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD BLOUNT WIN- TERS, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Ooffeyville, in the county of Montgomcry andState of Kansas, have invented a new and Improved Plow, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

One purpose of this invention is to provide a sulky-plow or lister whichis used without a frame and to so construct the plow that by means oftwo mediums only the beam and parts carried thereby may be carried highand held in raised position orthe share may be so adjusted that thepoint will enter the ground to a greater or less extent.

A further purpose of the invention is to provide a rear support for thebeam not adjustable and to which the beam is pivotally hung, said rearsupport not being afieoted by the adjusting mechanism and having meansfor sustaining the drivers seat, so that the weight of the driver has noinfluence upon the beam in its vertical adjustment.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved plow, illustrating theshare in the ground.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the plow. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of theimproved plow, illustrating the share as held at an elevation from theground; and Fig. 4 is a section through the adjusting-levers andbearings for the landside axle, upon which the levers are mounted.

A represents the beam, and B a plowshare, which is attached to the beamin any approved rnanner. The beam is provided with a clevis at itsforward end, and at the fur row side of the beam, adjacent to theclevis, an angular arm 11 is secured, one member whereof is upright, andthis upright member of the arm 11 is passed through a slot 12 in thetongue 13, and said tongue may be held fixed by means of a suitablelatch 14, connected with the clevis and arranged to enter a keeper onthe tongue, and when the tongue is so held the plow is guided thereby.The

tongue, however, is limber when released from the latch 14, and it isevident that the plow may be drawn either through the medium of the saidclevis or the tongue 13.

Two axles 15 and 17 are employed, both of which are crank-axles. Theaxle 15 is the land-side axle and extends through the beam some distancebeyond its furrow side, and said land-side axle 15 is provided with asuitable supporting-wheel 16, the furrow-axle 17 being provided with acorresponding supporting-wheel 18. A clip 19 is attached to the beambetween the two axles, and this clip serves to hold the shank 20 of acolter 21, of any suitable description. The beam A is adapted to beraised and lowered and is supported at its forward portion by theaforesaid wheels 16 and 18; but the rear support for the beam, withwhich it is pivotally connected, is not adjustable and consists of atubular standard 22, in which the upper portion of an angular shank 23is mounted, the lower end of the shank carrying a small supporting-wheel24, as shownin Figs. 1, 2, and 3.

The pivotal connection between the standard 22 and the beam Aisaccomplished through the medium of an elbow-lever 25, one point of whichis pivoted to the upper portion of the tubular standard 22, anotherpoint to a projection 26 of the beam, and a third point facing in aforward direction when the share is in the ground, as shown in Fig. 1. Aplate 27 is secured to theupper surface of the tubular standard 22,extending in direction of the land side of the beam and beyond the saidland side, as shown best in Fig. 2, and the supporting-standard 29 forthe seat 30 is attached to this plate, so that the weight of the driverdoes not come on the beam A at any time.

The inner end of the land-side axle 15 is journaled in a bearing 31,secured to the landside of the beam A, the beam being secured to thishearing, and said bearing at its top is provided with a longitudinal ribor fin 32. (Best shown in Fig. 4.) A lever O is secured by a set-screw33 or otherwise to the land-side axle 15, adjacent to the furrow side ofthe beam A, as best shown in Fig. 4, and a second lever C is mounted toturn loosely on the inner end of the said shaft 15, as is also shown inFig. 4. A crank-arm 34 is secured upon the hub of the loosely-mountedlever C, being secured to the hub by a set-screw 35 or the like. Thecrank-arm 34 is between the two levers O and C, and at each side of thecrank-arm racks are located,(designated, respectively, as 36 and 37,)and the shaft 15 passes loosely through one of these racks, while thehub of the lever O is held to turn in the opposing rack. Both racks arestationarily attached to the beam by means of a bolt 34 or theequivalent of the same.

The loosely-mounted lever C is connected,

through the medium of the crank-arm 34,with the bell-crank lever 25' bya connecting-rod 38, and this lever O is likewiseponnected with thefurrow-axle 17 by means of a link 39, as is best shown in Figs. 1 and 2,which link is connected with a crank-arm 40,,secured to the said axle,so that when the lever Cis moved in one direction, together with thelever 0, both axles 15 and 17 will be simultaneouslyraised or lowered,to raise or lower the forward portion of the beam, while theconnecting-rod 38 and bell-crank lever 25 will serve at the same time tocorrespondingly raise or lower therear portion of the beam.

If it be desired to adjust the plow-point to;

cut to a greater or-a less extent in the ground,

the lever C only need be manipulated or the lever.G, which latterleversimply op- The levers are erates the land-side axle 15. assisted inmoving the axles to an upperposition by attaching a spring. 15 to theland-1 side axle and to the forward portion of the beam. The furrow-axle17 is journaled in a;

suitable bearing 41, attached to the beam, as isshown in Fig. 2. Whenthe axles are adjusted to a vertical position, so as to raise theplowshare, as .shown in Fig. 3, the fin 32 on:

the bearing 31 is madeto enter a depression 44 in a latch-rod 42, whichlatch-rod at its" rear end is attached to an extension 43 from.

the plate of the tubular standard, thus serving to hold up the beam. Itwill be understood that each lever O and O is provided withthumb-latches c, which engage with the racks 36 and 37 and serve to holdthe plowshare in the desired lowered position and like-: wise assistingin holding the plowshare in its upper position.

beneath the said rod.

Having thus described my. invention, claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. In a plow, a rear support, a beam having abell-crank connection with said rearsupport, crank-axles journaled atthe forward portion of the beam, each axle carrying a supeporting-wheel, and adj usting-levers, both levers being upon the sameaxle, one lever be ing fixed to the axle and the other lever beingloosely mounted on the axle and having an operative connection with theopposing axle and likewise with thebell-crank lever.

2. In a plow, the combination, with a beam, a rear support, a wheelcarried by the said crankand to the bell-crank lever, for the purposeset forth.

3. In a plow, arear support having means for attachment to a seat, abeam having a bell-crank connection with said rear support, crank-axlesjournaled at the forward portion of the beam, each axle carrying asupportingwheel, and adjusting-levers, both levers being upon the sameaxle, one lever being fixed .to the axle and the other lever being.loosely mounted on the axle and having an operative connection with theopposing axle and likewise with the bell-crank lever, lockingdevvicesfor the levers, and a locking device for the beam,substantiallyas described.

4. ,In. a plow, the combination, with a rear support, a seat carriedthereby and a wheel mounted on an extension from the said support, abeam and a bell-crank leverpivotally attached to an extension from therear of the beam and to the said support, of aland-side crank-axle,bearings for the same attached to the beam,the land-side axle extendingbeyond the furrow side of the beam, a furrow crank-axle, a bearing forthe same attached to the beam at a point in advance of the hearing forthe land-side. axle, the bearing for the land-sideaxle being providedwith a fin, an adj usting-lever secured to the portion of the land-side,axle which extends beyond the furrow side of thebeam, beingadapted toraise and lower the land-side axle, a second adj usting-lever looselymounted on the land-side axle at thefurrow side of the beam,thelooselymounted lever being provided with an attached crank-arm and aconnecting-rod pivoted to said crank-arm and the bell-crank lever, a.crank secured to the furrow-axle and a link connection between saidcrank and the loosely-mounted lever, whereby both levers may be operatedtogether to raise and lower the beam, or whereby the levers can beoperated singly, a latch-rod attached to the rear support and having asection prepared to receive the fin on the bearing for theland-sideaxle, and a trip for said latch-rod, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWARD BLOUNT WINTERS.

Witnesses:

ELMER J oYoE, J. S. JOHNSON.

